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Wednesday, January 16, 2013

Our Favorite Sourdough Biscuits

My family loves these biscuits. Making homemade biscuits is not that difficult, especially with a few shortcuts I'll share with you! You will need to make these ahead of time so they can "sour" for several hours before baking in order to get the full benefits of sourdough. Most biscuit recipes instruct you to use chilled butter, which you then have to cut into the dough. I hate this step! Too much work for me! The original recipe that this came from also required this, but I found that I can make good biscuits using softened butter and just mixing it in (I have even used melted butter). You should try it too!

In a large mixing bowl , mix together the flour and sugar. *If you're using honey instead of sugar, you should add it with the sourdough starter. Add butter (melted or softened) and sourdough starter, mixing into dry ingredients. Slowly add just enough milk to make biscuit dough. Allow dough to rest (covered with oiled plastic wrap or under a lid) for 5 to 6 hours.

In a small bowl combine salt, baking powder and baking soda. Sprinkle over dough & work in by hand. Another way I save time on biscuit making is to just hand-form the biscuits (like hamburger patties, but smaller and thicker) instead of rolling & cutting. I am not lazy, I am just efficient, right? Ha! I place a piece of parchment paper on a cookie sheet and place biscuits on sheet.

When ready to bake, preheat oven to 375. Remove plastic wrap and bake biscuits for about 30 to 35 minutes. When they come out of the oven you can spread butter on top while still warm if you like. These (like all bread of course) taste best if you eat them while they're warm!

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Starting in 2010 I have been changing the way our family eats & shops. There is an overview of this philosphy here (Weston A. Price explained on Wikipedia).To really find out more visit the Weston A Price Foundation.In a nutshell? Think about how your great-grandparents may have eaten. No processed foods (well, I do still have a little bit- the other members of my family are not as enthusiastic about this so I compromise on a few things!) But mostly what I'm talking about is "real food". Whole unpasturized milk, butter, farm eggs, traditionally raised meats, coconut oil, yogurt, kefir, soaked grains, etc.I have found many blogs that I follow to help me along the way, and I have collected links to hundreds of recipes (and more each day! Is there a support group for this?)I want to share this journey & the things I am learning, so here we are. Eventually I hope to be a resource for you (like an index)- directing you to where on the web you can find a recipe or information- my main focus being on nourishing & yummy recipes.I look forward to walking this new journey of healthful eating together with many new friends on the world wide web!

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I married my sweetheart in 1991. Together we are the founders of Ten Talents International, a non-profit Christian organization that seeks to do good in God's name and reach out to the helpless around the world. We are the parents of 4 children: Kelly, Michael, KaLia and Nate. We have made many mission trips to Rwanda, as well as to Mexico, and from 2010 to 2012 our family lived in Rwanda full time.

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